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LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (May)—“We Are Not Dirt”: Freirean Counternarratives...
This month we spotlight youth participatory action research and the way youth writing became a...
Deep Center: How a Strong Pedagogy Allows for Improvisation and...
One year ago we were able to invest in this inspiring and transformational work through...
Talking Across Political Differences
When students engage in high-quality discussion they enjoy their classes more and are interested in...
Online Course for Educators: Youth and Civic Media
Learn how to help students research issues they care about, engage in rich dialogue, and...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (November): Electing to Heal
The 2018-19 Marginal Syllabus is set to begin! November’s conversation will focus on ways educators...
9 Ways Teachers Can Continue to Support Youth Voice While...
Our friends with 22x20 have put together recommendations and resources to support youth engagement in...
Writing Our Civic Futures: The 2017-18 Marginal Syllabus Recap
Joe Dillon summarizes the eight texts, author partnerships, and annotation conversations that comprise “Writing Our...
Engaging Community, History, and Civic Dialogue in Charlottesville
Charlottesville students dig into the stories, told and untold, that make up their community's history,...
Writing Our Civic Futures (May): Civic Engagement with Project-Based Learning...
The final Marginal Syllabus annotation of the school year takes on Steven Zemelman's From Inquiry...
Literature, Identity, Agency: Civic Engagement in the Classroom
High school ELA teacher and NWP teacher leader Janelle Bence explores how civic engagement forms...
KQED Learn – A Platform for Collaborative Investigations
Science teacher Mariana Garcia Serrato introduces KQED Learn, a new online platform that supports student...
Is it Working? Measuring Students’ Civic Learning
Resources for deeply and meaningfully assessing students' civic learning from Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG)...
Writing Our Civic Futures (April): Educating Youth for Online Civic...
April's Marginal Syllabus reading tackles online civic dialogue, conceptualizing five stages of opportunity for students...
Writing Our Future: American Creed has Launched!
The National Writing Project is thrilled to announce Writing Our Future: American Creed, a youth...
Writing Our Future: American Creed, A New Youth Publishing Opportunity
Join the conversation sparked by the new PBS documentary AMERICAN CREED through the National Writing...
Writing Our Civic Futures (February): Educating for Democracy in a...
This month, Writing Our Civic Futures explores research about the impact of media literacy education...
Youth Media Challenge Captures Stepping Up Stories
High school social studies teacher Peter Paccone shares how his students have "stepped up", and...
KQED Youth Media Challenge: How Are You Stepping Up?
KQED and the Bay Area Video Coalition's Youth Media Challenge asks teens to create video,...
Writing Our Civic Futures (October): Youth Voice and Participation
Our collaborative annotation project, Writing Our Civic Futures, is underway with a conversation about youth...
How Young Activists Deploy Digital Tools for Social Change
Middle Eastern and Muslim-American youth are creating new ways to use social media and other...
Starting at the Margins: An Invitation to Writing Our Civic...
With Writing Our Civic Futures, a collaborative project of the National Writing Project and Marginal...
Ideas for Student Civic Action in a Time of Social...
Steven Zemelman provides an easy guide to getting started with civic action projects, bringing together...
Continuous Impact & Growth: Checking in with DC’s Real World...
Students share their thoughts on what makes Cosby Hunt's Real World History program, one of...
Using Connected Learning to Empower Student Agency
From video chats to charity basketball games, educators are empowering youth civic engagement by connecting...
